10:30 AM - Tuesday - Meeting Room

Interactive story time with books, songs and rhymes. 0-5 yrs. Space is limited.

This is an in-person program. Masks are recommended at all in-person library events.

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes designed to support early literacy skill development, social emotional awareness and family engagement. 25 min.

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5:30 PM - Wednesday -

Discuss The Family Chao by Samantha Lan Chang.
Join via Zoom:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82812556516

The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to ignore any unsavory whispers about the family owners. Whether or not Big Leo Chao is honest, or his wife, Winnie, is happy, their food tastes good and their three sons earned scholarships to respectable colleges. But when the brothers reunite in Haven, the Chao family's secrets and simmering resentments erupt at last. Before long, brash, charismatic, and tyrannical patriarch Leo is found dead--presumed murdered--and his sons find they've drawn the exacting gaze of the entire town. *zm*

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2:00 PM - Thursday - Meeting Room

Walk-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.This is an in‐person program.

Connect and get help with housing, medical, mental health, veterans services, social security resources, and more. Thrive Central Oregon staff help you navigate the complex forms, websites, and waitlists needed to access these resources. All appointments are on a first-come first served and last for 30 minutes. For more information visit: www.thrivecentraloregon.org.

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9:30 AM - Saturday - Meeting Room

Interactive story time with books, songs and rhymes. 0-5 yrs. Space is limited.

This is an in-person program. Masks are recommended at all in-person library events.

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes designed to support early literacy skill development, social emotional awareness and family engagement. 25 min.

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12:00 PM - Saturday - Meeting Room

Enjoy the harmonies of the Holidays with Sisters Jazz Choir.

This is an in-person program. Masks are optional at all in-person library events.

The Sisters Jazz Choir is an elite choir of 16 high school students auditioned out of the Sisters School District Choral Program. The district choral program has over 100 participants. The members of the Jazz Choir have earned their spots in the Jazz Choir by demonstrating leadership in the district choral program and by successfully completing a difficult vocal audition. They are directed by Rick Johnson.

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4:30 PM - Monday - Meeting Room

Monthly book group for middle school. December’s selection: Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee

Read and discuss a book. We’ll pick books from the Oregon Battle of Books lists, but you don’t have to be on a team to enjoy the club. Hang out, talk about the book, enjoy snacks and other fun stuff. This program is designed for ages 10-14.

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7:00 PM - Monday - Meeting Room

An unforgettable evening of singing...together! All voices are welcome.

This is an in-person program. Wearing a face covering is optional at all library events. Optional singing masks will be available for all attendees.

All voices are welcome and wanted. No previous singing experience required. All songs are taught in a call-and-echo, aural tradition process.

Group singing is one of the most ancient technologies of belonging. The research suggested that our ancestors survived by singing together. They weren't performing or recording. They were creating literal bonds of connection with their voices, which according to modern science also fills our brains with oxytocin and serotonin, hormones associated with trust & bonding.

Community songleaders Ian Carrick and Kira Seto are reinvigorating our culture with singing. Somehow we've mostly forgotten that singing together is our birthright. After a decade of searching for accessible forms of community-based music and recovering his own voice, Ian founded Open Hub Singing in 2016 after discovering a widespread North American cultural revival of aural tradition singing. Learn more at https://www.openhubsinging.com/

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10:30 AM - Tuesday - Meeting Room

Interactive story time with books, songs and rhymes. 0-5 yrs. Space is limited.

This is an in-person program. Masks are recommended at all in-person library events.

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes designed to support early literacy skill development, social emotional awareness and family engagement. 25 min.

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5:30 PM - Tuesday - Meeting Room * Registration Required

Learn to hand-tie beautiful holiday greenery wreaths.

This is an in‐person program. Registration is required. Space is limited. Wearing a face covering is optional at all library events.

Learn to hand tie beautiful holiday greenery wreaths and add extra touches such as cones, berries, bows, and more for a unique and personal holiday decoration. Participants will have the opportunity to create one greenery wreath and a swag.

Supply list: Instructor will provide a variety of greens, cones, 14" hand tie wreath rings, and wreath wire.

Bring in extra objects from nature such as berries, branches, dried vegetation, etc. or holiday-themed objects to add to the wreath. A pair of pruning shears or heavy scissors recommended.

Damian Fagan and his wife Raven Tennyson have been creating holiday wreaths for over 15 years. Specializing in greenery wreaths that reflect the High Desert or Cascade Mountains, he’ll instruct participants on how to hand tie simple but elegant holiday wreaths and how to add extra touches to make these the perfect holiday gift or home decoration.

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1:00 PM - Wednesday - Meeting Room

Practice or get help with basic tech tasks and questions.

This is an in-person program. Masks are required at all in-person library events.

Practice your computer skills and problem-solve with staff. Find answers to your e-reader, tablet and smartphone questions. Free and open to the public. Use a library computer or bring your own laptop or device. No registration required.

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3:00 PM - Wednesday - Meeting Room * Registration Required

Learn the basics of using your Android smartphone or tablet.

We will cover text messaging, taking/attaching pictures, installing apps, using the Play Store, accessing the Internet, managing your contacts and more!

Bring your questions and your fully charged Android smartphone or tablet.

Space is limited and registration is requested.

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1:00 PM - Thursday -

Discuss The River You Touch Making A Life on Moving Water by Chris Dombrowski. Join via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83993645150

Dombrowski begins the highly anticipated The River You Touch with a question as timely as it is profound: "What does a meaningful, mindful, sustainable inhabitance on this small planet look like in the Anthropocene?" He answers this fundamental question of our time initially by listening lovingly to rivers and the land they pulse through in his adopted home of Montana. Transplants from the post-industrial Midwest, he and his partner, Mary, assemble a life based precariously on her income as a schoolteacher, his as a poet and fly-fishing guide. *zm*

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2:00 PM - Thursday - Meeting Room

Walk-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.This is an in‐person program.

Connect and get help with housing, medical, mental health, veterans services, social security resources, and more. Thrive Central Oregon staff help you navigate the complex forms, websites, and waitlists needed to access these resources. All appointments are on a first-come first served and last for 30 minutes. For more information visit: www.thrivecentraloregon.org.

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9:30 AM - Saturday - Meeting Room

Interactive story time with books, songs and rhymes. 0-5 yrs. Space is limited.

This is an in-person program. Masks are recommended at all in-person library events.

Join us for stories, songs, and rhymes designed to support early literacy skill development, social emotional awareness and family engagement. 25 min.

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11:00 AM - Saturday - Meeting Room

Discuss The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley. Bring your favorite Winter Read too!

Sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island -- a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay -- is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her beloved husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core, did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her. She cooked him breakfast, walked him to the docks each morning, met him for their standard weekly night dinner date at the One-Eyed Crab. And what were the townspeople to do but go along with their beloved widowed Piper?

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4:30 PM - Monday - Meeting Room

Make a simple or complex gingerbread structure out of graham crackers.

Can you engineer a gingerbread skyscraper? What about a bridge? Make a simple house, or let your imagination run rampant and see what you can build with graham crackers and royal icing. This program is designed for ages 10-14.

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12:00 PM - Wednesday - Meeting Room

Library Board Meeting

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2:00 PM - Thursday - Meeting Room

Walk-in social services assistance that connects you with resources.This is an in‐person program.

Connect and get help with housing, medical, mental health, veterans services, social security resources, and more. Thrive Central Oregon staff help you navigate the complex forms, websites, and waitlists needed to access these resources. All appointments are on a first-come first served and last for 30 minutes. For more information visit: www.thrivecentraloregon.org.

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